Flower Notes:
Red;pink (Buds deep red; flowers dark pink and in clusters; late April to May)
Foliage Notes:
Red (New growth is reddish in the spring); Green (Summer foliage); Yellow (Fall foliage is a bronzish-yellow)
Fruit Notes:
Red (0.5" dia. bright red crabapples (pomes); persistent)
Soil Notes:
Well-drained heavy loam soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Simple, elliptical leaves (up to 2" long) in clusters on short spurs. Buds have several imbricate scales and are usually reddish-brown with hairs protruding under scales. Fruits have multiple seeds (as compared to the single seed pit of Prunus species). The bark of mature trees is gray to brown and scaly.
